ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2023
Association of balance impairment with risk of incident cardiovascular diseases among older adults.
Article in European journal of medical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- X-CircuiT and conventional exercise in home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with coronary artery disease and risk factors: a randomized controlled non-inferiority trial.Annals of medicine · 2025Trial
- Balance Disorders in Young and Middle-Aged Adults: NHANES, 2001-2004 and 2021-2023.The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- Association between balance ability and cardiovascular disease onsets among middle-aged and older adults: an observational cohort study from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
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Abstract
backgroundRapid decline in balance is a hallmark of aging, elevating the risk of falls and other age-related geriatric illnesses among older adults.
objectiveOur aim was to assess whether impairment in balance function is associated with the risk of incident CVD in older adults.
designRetrospective cohort analysis.
participantsA total of 129,024 participants who had undergone health screening between 2002 and 2009 were derived from the National Health Insurance Service-Senior cohort. MAIN MEASURES: Balance impairment was evaluated using the open-eyes one-leg standing (OLS) test. The association between balance impairment and incident CVD was analyzed using the Cox proportional hazards regression model. All participants were followed up with until either the date of the first incident of CVD, death, or 31 December 2019. KEY
resultsThose with abnormal balance function (< 10 s in OLS test) had a higher risk of CVD (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.23, CI 1.16-1.31). The association was significant in both the obese and the non-obese, but it seemed to be more pronounced in the latter. Results were supported by sensitivity analyses that did not include cases of CVD development in the first 1, 2, or 3 years and that used a different criterion to define balance dysfunction (< 9 s in OLS test).
conclusionsOlder adults with balance impairment were found to have an increased risk of incident CVD. Patients with impaired balance function may be a high-risk population who require preventive managements against CVD.
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